Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H., will pay $2.2 million to settle allegations that it improperly billed various federal health programs, according to a Boston Globe report. Federal prosecutors say the case began in 2007 when a physician accused the…
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Prescription opioid pain medications are driving an "epidemic" of unintentional overdose deaths, according to a news release by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine.
A New Bern, N.C., pain management physician has pled guilty to healthcare fraud and been sentenced to pay nearly $300,000 in restitution, according to a Sun Journal report. Michael K. Nunn, MD, practiced under Community Wellness Center in New Bern,…
Following an eight-day trial, oral surgeon Gary Morgan Schwarz, DDS, has been acquitted of the remaining eight counts of the original 17 counts of healthcare fraud and conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud against him, according to a report from The…
As hospitals and large multispecialty group practices gear up for accountable care organizations, procedure-oriented specialists are still trying to figure out their role in them.
Owens & Minor reported a 7.8% increase in revenue and a 3.3 percent increase in profit in the third quarter ending March 31, compared to the same quarter the year before, according to a company release. Operating earnings for the…
In a recent survey of more than 1,000 physicians, 45 percent of participants said they expect to be paid more than they are now if they are employed by a hospital, according to a PwC report.
According to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority's most recent data for 2010, wrong-site anesthesia blocks are the most common wrong-site events, followed by wrong vertebral level and wrong-site hand surgery. Wrong-site, wrong-patient and wrong-procedure surgeries continue to occur despite the…
The Malignant Hyperthermia Association of the United States has released two checklists for patients and their families concerning surgery safety.
A website that compares the quality of healthcare at Detroit-metro area hospitals now also offers information on treatment costs at those facilities, according to a Detroit News report.